Medication Administration Course

What will I learn?

Improve your medical skills with our Medication Administration Training Programme, designed for health workers who want to improve their abilities in giving medicine safely and properly. Learn about pain management, giving medicine through a drip (IV therapy), the basics of how medicines work (pharmacology), and using antibiotics properly. Become an expert in keeping medicines safe, calculating the right amounts (dosages), and dealing with bad reactions to medicines. Make patient safety the most important thing by learning how to properly document everything by law. Join now to improve your job skills with useful, high-quality training.

Apoia's Unique Offerings

Online courses with lifetime access
Certificate aligned with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
24/7 online support
Select and organise the chapters you wish to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, no internet required

Develop your skills

Enhance your practical skills listed below

Become an expert in pain management: Learn about using both medicines and other methods to manage pain.

Give medicine through a drip (Administer IV therapy): Learn how to prepare the drip, give it properly, and manage any problems that might happen.

Understand how medicines work (pharmacology): Learn about how the body processes medicines, how medicines interact with each other, and how they are grouped.

Use antibiotics properly (Practice antibiotic stewardship): Teach patients about antibiotics and keep an eye on resistance effectively.

Make sure medicines are given safely (Ensure medication safety): Follow the rules, calculate the correct dosages, and manage bad reactions to medicines.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters similar to the examples below

This is a free course aimed at personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but provides practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.